Saturday’s NRL 2018 Round 11 match is between Nth Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs. The opening kick is set to commence at 17:30 local time with the game to be played at 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville. The away team South Sydney Rabbitohs are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Nth Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs.
When: 17:30 | Saturday 19/05/2018
Where: 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
Preview:
Results and underperforming have definitely gone against the grand finalists from last year.
I’ve been hearing that changes are coming but I actually don’t think they have the talent pool to provide them.
The must dig to get themselves out of the deepening hole they are digging.
Their task is just got a little harder when you come against a team that has won 5 from its past 6 games and last start winners over the top team.
The performance of Angus Crichton last week was sensational with 190 plus metres, 3 offloads, 2 line breaks and a try to cap it off.
KEY BATTLE: Jason Taumalolo v Sam Burgess
The battle of the backrowers will be awesome to watch.
JT v the big aggressive pommy Sam Burgess.
These are two of my favourite players to watch.
When I was playing, it was always a personal battle when I faced them.
The Verdict
The patience and structure the Bunnies are playing with and the skills and instincts from the likes of Cody Walker and Damian Cook will see the bunnies get another win and worsen things for the Cowboys.
Souths are 102-1 (99.0 percent) in night matches since 2013 in the “No (To Win To Nil)” Market.
Unibet Odds:
North Queensland at $2.12
South Sydney at $1.73
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Tip: South Sydney Rabbitohs at $1.70
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Hymel Hunt at $12.00
More Info:
Teams:
Nth Queensland Cowboys:
1 Lachlan Coote, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Justin O’Neill, 4 Ben Hampton, 5 Antonio Winterstein, 6 Michael Morgan, 7 Johnathan Thurston (c), 8 Matthew Scott (c), 9 Jake Granville, 10 Scott Bolton, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Coen Hess, 13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14 Te Maire Martin, 15 Shaun Fensom, 16 Corey Jensen, 17 Ethan Lowe
Reserves: 18 Francis Molo, 19 Jake Clifford, 20 Javid Bowen, 21 Enari Tuala.
South Sydney Rabbitohs: 
1 Alex Johnston, 2 Campbell Graham, 3 Greg Inglis (c), 4 Dane Gagai, 5 Hymel Hunt, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 George Burgess, 11 John Sutton, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Sam Burgess
Interchange: 14 Cameron Murray, 15 Adam Doueihi, 16 Jason Clark, 17 Tevita Tatola
Reserves: 18 Robbie Farah, 19 Mark Nicholls, 20 Braidon Burns, 21 Kyle Turner.
NRL News:
South Sydney have proven they’re the real deal this NRL season with a 24-10 upset of ladder leaders St George Illawarra on Sunday.
A week after being anointed the premiership favourites following their heavy defeat of Melbourne, the Dragons came crashing back to earth.
Anthony Sebibold’s Rabbitohs produced one of the best defensive efforts of the year to hold out the Dragons, who remain in top spot despite the loss.
Teenage winger Campbell Graham effectively sealed the win for Souths when he scored from an Adam Reynolds grubber that had deflected off Gareth Widdop in 72nd minute to make it 18-4.
Five minutes earlier Tyson Frizell’s 90m effort when Sam Burgess dropped the ball kept the Dragons in the game when they got back to 14-4.
Frizell did get his second with a 77th minute consolation try.
Despite his error Burgess had a barnstorming game in his return from a two-week suspension.
Souths backrower Angus Crichton made 188 metres and scored his side’s second which made it 10-0 after just eight minutes.
Damien Cook won the battle of the NSW No.9 aspirants with Cameron McInnes, making good metres out of dummy-half and kicking for Greg Inglis’ final try.
After Souths led 12-0 at halftime, they dodged a bullet when the touch judges and referees missed an Adam Reynolds knock on.
To make things worse for the Dragons, Reynolds booted a penalty conversion soon after to make it 14-0.
The turning point came midway through the first half when the Dragons had six sets on the Bunnies’ line in the space of seven minutes but could not crack them.
Despite having 26 tackles inside the opposition red zone in the first stanza, the Dragons were held scoreless at halftime for just the second time this year as the Bunnies went on to hold onto fifth spot.
